JPH0815Y2 - Mascara applicator - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial application] The present invention relates to a mascara applicator.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, on the outer periphery of the tip of a mascara applicator, a plurality of recessed grooves are provided vertically to form a mascara applicator, and the applicator of the mascara applicator is a cylindrical container containing the mascara therein. There is known a mascara applicator which is inserted into and fitted into a mascara.

[Problems to be solved by the device]

The above-mentioned mascara applicator requires fine adjustment for ironing, and especially when the amount of the remaining mascara in the container is small, it becomes difficult to adhere the mascara to the mascara application part as a whole.

The present invention has been made in view of the above matters, and it is easy to apply a uniform mascara to a mascara application part having a plurality of recessed grooves and even if the amount of mascara remaining in the container decreases. A technical problem is to provide a mascara applicator capable of uniformly adhering mascara to a mascara application part.

[Means for solving the problem]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the mascara applicator 8 is mounted on the tip of the shaft cylinder 1, and the concave groove 11 having a plurality of discharge holes 12 in the radial direction is provided on the outer periphery of the tip of the mascara applicator 8. , A plurality of upper and lower steps are provided to form the coating section 10, and a housing section 29 for the mascara communicating with the discharge hole 12 is provided in the barrel 1 and the mascara in the housing section 29 is A mascara applicator was provided by providing an extruding device that can extrude through the ejection hole 12.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, a cap 20 is fitted on the shaft cylinder 1, and a brush 21 protruding toward the center is provided on the inner surface of the cap 20.
The distal end portion of 21 was provided so as to be capable of sliding contact with the concave groove 11 of the mascara applicator 8 to form a mascara applicator.

[Action]

The present invention is based on a device for extruding a mascara applicator,
When the mascara in 29 is pressed, the mascara is ejected into the concave groove 11 by a plurality of ejection holes 12 provided in the radial direction on the outer periphery of the concave groove 11 provided in a plurality of steps above and below the coating part 10. To be done. Therefore, the mascara is uniformly attached to the upper and lower sides of and around the multiplicity of stepped grooves 11.

Then, the mascara in the accommodating portion 29 is in a completely sealed state, and even if the remaining amount is small, the same quality as that at the beginning is discharged.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the cap 20 is further rotated to remove the residue of the mascara adhering to the concave groove 11 and especially the discharge hole 12, so that the application part 10 is always made of fresh mascara. Can be attached.

〔Example〕

1 to 5 are views for explaining a mascara applicator according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

In this embodiment, a spiral for screwing the cap 20 through the packing 3 is provided at the tip of the cylindrical shaft cylinder 1, and a cylinder provided with a spiral on the outer periphery at the tip thereof. A projecting portion 2 is provided.

A base portion 9 of a cylindrical mascara application body 8 is screwed onto and attached to the cylindrical protruding portion 2. This mascara applicator 8
A large number of concave grooves 11 are provided on the outer periphery of the tip end of the
Two discharge holes 12 are provided in the radial direction at every other step in the multiple recessed grooves 11 provided in this step shape.

A mascara discharge passage 13 is formed in the mascara applicator body 8. Further, the mascara applicator body 8 is fitted into the tubular projection 2 of the shaft cylinder 1 in the discharge passage 13 of the base portion 9 of the mascara applicator body 8. The pipe 14 is fitted, the end of the pipe 14 is closed, and the flow port 15 is provided in the wall portion near the end.

Further, in the shaft cylinder 1, an extrusion device substantially similar to the extrusion device for extruding the coating liquid in the tank described in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 63-107607, which was filed and published by the present applicants before. Is provided.

The extruder has a cylindrical barrel 25 inside a cylindrical barrel 1.
Is fitted so that it can slide back and forth, and a protrusion is
26 is provided, and the projection 26 engages with the uneven surface 4 provided on the inner end surface of the barrel 1 when the tubular body 25 advances and comes into contact with the inner end surface of the front portion of the barrel 1. The body 25 is non-rotatably fixed.

Then, inside the front end of the tubular body 25, an annular closing body
28 is fixed, a rubber ring body is fitted inside the annular closing body 28, the ring body is slidably tightly fitted to the pipe 14, and at the forward position of the tubular body 25, It is formed so as to open a flow port 15 that connects the mascara storage portion 29 in the tubular body 25 and the pipe 14 to each other.

A spring having a weak force for urging the tubular body 25 rearward is provided between the annular closing body 28 and the inner end surface of the front portion of the barrel 1.
30 is inserted.

A vertical straight protrusion 27 is provided inside the cylindrical body 25, and a vertical recess provided outside the annular piston 35 fitted in the cylindrical body 25 is the straight protrusion. The annular piston 35 is fitted into the cylindrical body 25 so as to be non-rotatably and slidably fitted therein.

Further, a rotary shaft 37 is fitted into the cylindrical body 25 so as to be rotatable and not slidable back and forth, and a male spiral provided on the rotary shaft 37 is screwed into a female spiral of the annular piston 35. And the rotation axis
The rotation of 37 causes the annular piston 35 to move forward, and the cylindrical body 25
The accommodation portion 29 provided therein is formed so as to be contracted, and a hexagonal hole 38 is provided at the rear portion of the rotating shaft 37.

The rear portion of the shaft cylinder 1 is a screwed rear lid 42, and a vertical concave groove 43 is provided inside the rear lid 42, and the rear lid 42 is fitted into the rear lid 42. The protrusion provided on the sliding cylinder 44 is fitted into the straight groove 43, and the sliding cylinder 44 is fitted into the rear lid 42 so as not to be rotatable but to be slidable back and forth.

Further, a spring cylinder 45 is fixedly fitted into the sliding cylinder 44, and a pair of spring pieces 46 are provided in the spring cylinder 45 so as to project inwardly. An intermediate rotating body 50 is rotatably fitted inside, and a ratchet gear 51 is provided on the outer periphery of the intermediate rotating body 50. The ratchet gear 51 is engaged with the spring piece 46 of the spring cylinder 45. Together, the intermediate rotator 50 is formed so that it can rotate only in one direction.

A drive shaft 59 is fitted inside the intermediate rotating body 50, and the front portion of the drive shaft 59 is formed in a hexagonal shape.
The hexagonal holes 38 of the rotary shaft 37 are fitted into each other so as not to rotate.

A spiral groove 60 inclined at a steep angle is provided on the outer side of the drive shaft 59, and the spiral groove 60 is provided in the spiral groove 60.
A protrusion 52 protruding from the inside of 50 is slidably fitted.

Further, the rear portion of the sliding cylinder 44 is projected rearward by the rear lid 42, and a bottomed cylindrical body is fitted to the protruding portion to form a push button 47, and the push button 47 and the drive shaft 59 are attached. A spring 61 having a stronger force than the weaker spring 30 is interposed between the rear end faces, and biases the sliding cylinder 44 rearward and the drive shaft 59 forward. I am doing it.

It is also possible to provide the discharge holes 12 in all of the recessed grooves 11 provided in the mascara application body 8, and each recessed groove 11
The number of the discharge holes 12 provided in the radial direction can be three or more, and the stepped groove 11 can be formed in a spiral shape.

In this embodiment, when the push button 47 is pushed with the cap 20 of FIG. 1 removed, the strong spring 61 pushes the drive shaft 59 without shrinking, and together with the drive shaft 59, the sliding cylinder 44, The rotating shaft 37, the annular piston 35, and the tubular body 25 compress the weak spring 30 and move forward together, so that the projection at the tip of the tubular body 25.
When 26 comes into contact with the uneven surface 4 provided on the inner end surface of the front portion of the shaft cylinder 1, the cylindrical body 25 stops.

Further, the cylindrical body 25 is held so that the projection 26 engages with the concave-convex surface 4 of the shaft cylinder 1 so as not to rotate, and the flow port 15 of the pipe 14 is accommodated in the accommodating portion 29 in the cylindrical body 25. Open.

Further, when the push button 47 is pushed, the push button 47 compresses the strong spring 61 and moves forward. Then, the sliding cylinder 44 also advances, and the intermediate rotating body 50 in the sliding cylinder 44 also advances.

Then, since the protrusion 52 is fitted in the steeply inclined spiral groove 60 of the drive shaft 59, the intermediate rotor 50 has the above-mentioned spiral groove.
In the state shown in FIG. 3, a force in the clockwise direction is applied by 60, but the intermediate rotor 50 is blocked from rotating clockwise by the spring piece 46 of the ratchet mechanism 55 contacting the ratchet gear 51. So do not rotate right.

Then, the drive shaft 59, which receives the force in the counterclockwise rotation direction by the forward movement of the protrusion 52, rotates counterclockwise, and the pivot shaft 37 also rotates counterclockwise.

Then, the annular piston 35 screwed onto the rotating shaft 37 cannot be rotated by the straight protrusions 27 of the cylindrical body 25, so that the spiral rotation of the rotating shaft 37 pushes the inside of the cylindrical body 25. Then, the mascara in the containing section 29 is discharged from the discharge holes 12 through the circulation port 15 and the discharge passage 13, and uniformly adheres to the outer surface of the coating section 10.

Next, when the push button 47 is no longer pressed, the weak spring 30 remains contracted, and the strong spring 61
Grows.

Then, the tubular body 25, the rotating shaft 37, and the annular piston 3
The sliding cylinder 44 and the intermediate rotating body 50 move rearward while the drive shaft 59 and the drive shaft 59 are stopped.

When the intermediate rotator 50 moves backward, the protrusion 52 of the intermediate rotator 50 is fitted into the steeply inclined spiral groove 60 of the drive shaft 59, so that the spiral groove 60 shown in FIG. In the state, it receives a force in the left rotation direction.

In this case, since the spring piece 46 of the ratchet mechanism 55 does not prevent the ratchet gear 51 from rotating counterclockwise, the intermediate rotating body 50 moves in the sliding cylinder 44 in the sliding cylinder 44 that moves rearward.
While moving backward with it, it rotates counterclockwise according to the spiral groove 60 of the drive shaft 59. Therefore, the drive shaft 59 does not rotate, and the rotating shaft 37 does not rotate either.

When the strong spring 61 has finished expanding, the weak spring 30 expands.

Then, the tubular body 25, the rotary shaft 37, the annular piston 35, the drive shaft 59, the intermediate rotary body 50, and the sliding barrel 44 move rearward together, and the intermediate rotary body 50 and the drive shaft 59 also do not rotate. . Therefore, the annular piston 35 retains the position where it is slightly advanced in the tubular body 25 when it is pushed out.

FIG. 6 shows a mascara applicator according to a second embodiment of the present invention, in which the same parts as those in the previous embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals and their description is omitted.

In this embodiment, the inside of the barrel 1 is directly accommodated in the mascara container 29.
The piston 35 is slidably fitted in the barrel 1.

A tubular ratchet pushing holder 65 is fitted in the rear portion of the shaft cylinder 1, and a ratchet rotating portion 67 and a ratchet pushing 66 are fitted in the ratchet pushing holder 65. Further, a spring receiver 69 is fitted in the barrel 1 in front of the ratchet rotating portion 67, and a spring 68 is inserted between the spring receiver 69 and the ratchet rotating portion 67. Rotation axis that pushes the piston 35 forward
37 spirals to form a ratchet mechanism 55.

The ratchet mechanism 55 is also one that pushes the push button 47 to push the ratchet push 66, rotate the ratchet rotating part 67 to one side, rotate the rotating shaft 37 to move forward, and push the piston 35 forward. However, detailed description of the structure is omitted.

7 to 9 are views for explaining the third embodiment of the present invention.

In this embodiment, a portion of the shaft cylinder 1 that serves as a handle is divided into a main body 80 and an upper lid 81, and a side edge portion of the main body 80 and an upper lid 81 are attached by a shaft 82 so as to be openable and closable.

The base portion 9 of the mascara applicator 8 is screwed into and fixed to the tubular protrusion 2 provided at the tip of the shaft cylinder 1, and is further formed at the tip of the shaft cylinder 1. A rubber shaft packing 86 is fitted and fixed to the through hole provided in the end plate from the front.

A container packing 87 is provided so as to be connected to the shaft packing 86, and the container packing 87 is formed so that the mouth cylinder of a tubular container 88 is fitted therein. 29 is filled with mascara.

The lower surface and the rear portion of the tubular container 88 are held by container pressing springs 97, respectively.

Further, the upper surface of the tubular container 88 is formed so that it can be pressed by a push button 47 provided penetrating the upper lid 81, and the mascara in the accommodating portion 29 passes through the discharge passage 13 and the discharge hole.
It is formed so as to be discharged from 12.

The push button 47 has a through hole 93 provided in the supporting leg 91.
Thus, the shaft packing 86 and the container packing 87 are externally fitted and fixed. Furthermore, this push button 47
It is formed so that the entire 91 is bent and the tubular container 88 can be pressed by bending at the fulcrum 92.

Then, when the mascara of the container 88 is exhausted, the upper lid 81 can be opened and replaced.

[Effect of device]

According to the present invention, a plurality of discharge holes 12 are provided in a radial direction in a plurality of recessed grooves 11 provided in the upper and lower directions, and the mascara in a housing portion 29 in the barrel 1 is discharged from the discharge holes 12. Therefore, the mascara can be easily and uniformly attached to the upper and lower sides and the periphery of the large number of stepped concave grooves 11.

Further, since the residue of the mascara after use can be removed by the brush 21, the fresh mascara can be always and uniformly attached to the application part 10.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 to 5 are views for explaining a mascara applicator according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a half-cut sectional view, FIG. 2 is a front view, and FIG. 3 is that of FIG. Sectional view of line III-III, No. 4
The figure is a cross-sectional view taken along line IV-IV in FIG. 1, and FIG. 5 is V- in FIG.
FIG. 6 is a sectional view of the mascara applicator of the second embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 7 to 9 are views for explaining the mascara applicator of the third embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a sectional view, FIG. 8 is a front view, and FIG. 9 is a view seen from the rear surface. 1 …… Shaft cylinder, 8 …… Mascara applicator, 10 …… Applying part, 11
...... Concave groove, 12 ...... Discharge hole, 20 ...... Cap, 21 ...... Brush, 29 ...... Accommodation section.

Claims (2)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A mascara applicator 8 is attached to the tip of a shaft cylinder 1, and a groove 11 provided with a plurality of discharge holes 12 in the radial direction is provided on the outer periphery of the mascara applicator 8 in the vertical direction. The coating section 10 is formed by providing a multiplicity of steps, and in the barrel 1,
A mascara applicator provided with a mascara container 29 communicating with the ejection hole 12 and an extrusion device capable of pushing out the mascara in the container 29 from the ejection hole 12. 2. A cap 20 is fitted on the shaft cylinder 1, and a brush 21 protruding toward the center is provided on the inner surface of the cap 20.
The mascara applicator according to claim 1, wherein a tip portion of the brush 21 is provided so as to be capable of sliding contact with the concave groove 11 of the mascara applicator 8.